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by justincormack 7 hours ago
Wasm with multiple linear memories is basically segmented memory. Its a great security model.
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It made fundamental mistake of starting as 32 bit memory model
You can use multiple segments (now, you couldnt originally)
God help us all when a webpage needs > 4GB.
Some of mine do. They use WASM64 with threads to run robotics simulations.
That’s an “acceptable” use.
It puts some drag on bloat, I quite like it.